A Cameroonian journalist, who has been seeking asylum in the UK for six years, wins an 11th hour reprieve from being deported. He tells Home Affairs Correspondent Simon Israel he has received death threats. The Home Office postponed the enforced repatriation of 42-year-old Charles Atangana scheduled for Monday, pending a judicial review. He is currently [...]
La Foundation Eto’o will receive this year’s Cameroon Professional Society Award… The Cameroon Professional Society (CPS), an organisation of active Cameroonians in the diaspora based in the USA, will present its 2010 annual award for best charitable work to Inter striker Samuel Eto’o’s foundation called La Foundation Samuel Eto’o, for its laudable social engagements in [...]
Les sieurs Nana et Fozeu sont également passés devant le juge mardi à Yaoundé, pour avoir vendu un bien mis en gage. M. Nana, 55 ans, vendeur de voitures, était devant le juge mardi au tribunal de Yaoundé Centre administratif, pour une affaire de « faux en écritures privées et détournement d’un bien gagé». L’audience [...]
The emblematic captain of the Indomitable Lions has convened a press conference to make clear his intentions next Sunday. After close to sixteen years with the national team, the emblematic captain of the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon has decided to put an end to his international career. Song’s decision is no surprise as he has [...]
Rigobert Song devrait prendre sa retraite internationale. Le défenseur camerounais de 34 ans a convoqué la presse nationale à Yaoundé, ce 2 août, pour l’annoncer qu’il quitte la Tanière après 17 années passées en équipe nationale. RFI
A man in Kwa Kwa village in Mbonge sub-division in the South West region of Cameroon has reportedly been roasted to death for allegedly killing his girlfriend Akwe Angeline Tenjoh. Local newspaper, The Sun, quotes some villagers as saying the man, whose only name was given as Elias had impregnated the girl but neglected her [...]
Marseille midfielder Stephane M’Bia is facing a fine after arriving back late for pre-season training. The 24-year-old Cameroon international was three days late to the French side’s training camp after appearing for his country in this summer’s World Cup in South Africa. However, L’OM president Jean-Claude Dassier insists the matter is already in the past [...]
ATLANTA (AP) — A former Cobb County Department of Driver’s Services worker and another man have been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to handing out fake driver’s licenses in exchange for money. A federal judge in Atlanta sentenced 36-year-old Gbemisola Wellington-Salako of Marietta to 15 months in prison; 33-year-old Jules Armand Che Siewe [...]
Cameroon’s ambassador to the United States said his country is a “haven of peace” in central Africa. Joseph Bienvenu Charles Foe-Atangana said he has launched a program to reach out to Cameroonians in the United States. “Cameroonian students, like every Cameroonian, they should know that the embassy is their house. I used to consider myself [...]
MTN customers can now send updates to their Facebook statuses via SMS and even receive free SMS notifications when their friends update their statuses. SMS Notifications include such activities as friend requests, messages received, wall posts, and status updates. The MTN Facebook mobile service allows customers to specify when and how they receive notifications by [...]